What is National Maple Syrup Day?
Get the flapjacks ready for National Maple Syrup Day. Orders of pancakes, french toast, or biscuits topped off with butter and delectable maple syrup have been requested by customers on December 17th.
These trees, which thrive in cold climates, have store starch in their trunks and roots. The starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. The maple trees are then tapped by boring holes into their trunks, and the released sap is collected. After the sap is collected, it is processed by heating to evaporate a large portion of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup.
The indigenous peoples of North America first collected, processed, and used maple syrup. The European settlers adopted the technique and gradually improved production methods. Technological advancements in the 1970s further improved the process of making syrup.
- A maple syrup production farm is known as a sugarbush or a sugarwood
